Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will be held in Turin, Italy in May 2022, after Måneskin’s victory in Rotterdam. Find all the information about Eurovision 2022: Date, City, Participants, Arena, Eurovision Village, Euroclub and Euro Café.
When is Eurovision 2022?
The Eurovision week will have three shows: Semi-final 1 on Tuesday, Semi-final 2 on Thursday and the Grand Final on Saturday:
Semi-final 1: 10 May 2022
Semi-final 2: 12 May 2022
Grand Final: 14 May 2022
All the shows will start at 21:00 CEST.
The slogan for Eurovision 2022 will be The Sound of Beauty and the theme artwork had also been revealed.
Eurovision 2022 slogan: The Sound Of Beauty
Hosts of Eurovision 2022: Mika, Laura Pausini and Alessandro Cattelan (Photo: RAI)
There will be 3 hosts of Eurovision Song Contest 2022: Mika, Laura Pausini and Alessandro Cattelan.
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Host City: Turin
Turin is placed in the north-western part of Italy, close to the French (50 km) and Swiss border (100 km). The city’s international airport is called «Caselle International Airport Sandro Pertini» (airport code: TRN), about 13 km from Turin’s city centre. It is connected to Turin by rail (from Dora Station) and bus (from Porta Nuova and Porta Susa railway stations).
The city of Turin has a population of 847,000 (Turin metropolitan area 2.2 million) and is one of the important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. The city was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865.
Just before the Eurovision 2021 Final, Claudio Fasulo the Deputy Director of Rai stated:
– We hope to win because we would very much like to host the biggest musical event in the world within our borders. In 2017, before leaving for Kyiv, we talked about the possibility of hosting in Turin because it had all the necessary characteristics to host.
There are a number of conditions that a city must meet in order to be able to organize the Eurovision Song Contest.
For example, the location must have room for 10,000 people and be available for a total of five to seven weeks. There must also be 2,000 to 3,000 hotel beds available in the region – preferably no more than forty minutes away from the party location. The city must submit a plan in which this is reflected.
Arena: Pala Olimpico
Pala Olimpico
The Pala Olimpico (also known as Pala Alpitour) is a multipurpose indoor which has a seating capacity of 12,350. This arena is considered as the largest indoor sporting arena in Italy and has become one of Italy’s most booked venues for large-scale concerts.
The arena opened its doors to visitors for the first time in 2005 under the name «Pala Olimpico». Since then, there have been numerous concerts and sporting events in the arena, including the ice hockey tournaments during the Winter Olympics in 2006.
Participants
41 countries will participate at Eurovision Song Contest 2022:
Albania
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Welcome back: Armenia and Montenegro didn’t participate in Eurovision 2021, but will be back for Eurovision 2022.
EBU Member Broadcasters, on behalf of their countries, had until mid-October 2021 to formally submit their applications to take part in Eurovision 2022.
Who’s in which Semi-final?
Italy and the other Big-5 countries (Germany, France, Spain and United Kingdom) are pre-qualified for the Grand Final on 14 May 2022. The rest of the countries have been allocated to one of the two Semi-finals to be held on 10 and 12 May 2022. The Semi-final allocation draw was made on 25 January 2022.
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10 countries from each of the two Semi-finals will proceed to the Grand Final, that will feature a total of 25 countries: 10 from Semi-final 1, 10 from Semi-final 2 and Big-5.
Tickets
Tickets usually go on sale in November/December the year before. This season is different and we expect the tickets for Eurovision 2022 to be released in February. Read more: How to get tickets for Eurovision 2022
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Eurovision Village
Eurovision Village is the official festival area during Eurovision Song Contest 2022.
In Eurovision Village you can see live performances by artists, DJs, special events and public viewing of the shows broadcast from the Arena.
Eurovision Village 2022 will be organized by EBU and the City of Turin on a central square in the city centre. The location has not been announced yet.
EuroClub
The EuroClub is the venue for some special parties, the official after parties and performances by participants.
Access to Euroclub is normally only for accredited persons in the categories fans (F), delegations (D) and press (P). In some years, there have been special OGAE accreditations for OGAE members (like Malmö 2013 and Stockholm 2016), or fans could gain access to Euroclub with special tickets (like Copenhagen 2014, Kyiv 2017 and Tel Aviv 2019).
EuroClub 2022 will be organized by the City of Turin together with the host broadcaster Rai.
EuroCafe
EuroCafe (also known as Euro Fan Café) is the place for fans to meet for parties and special events during the Eurovision week. EuroCafe is organized by the OGAE fan clubs
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